Republic of the Rio Grande República del Río Grande (Spanish) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Laredo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||
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• 1840 | Jesús de Cárdenas | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 January 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Surrender of Antonio Canales in Camargo | 6 November 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Peso | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas) United States (Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Later moved to Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and in March 1840 to Victoria, Texas until disestablishment. |
The Republic of the Rio Grande (Spanish: República del Río Grande) was one of a series of political movements in Mexico which sought to become independent from the unitary government dominated by Antonio López de Santa Anna; the Republic of Texas and the second Republic of Yucatán were created by political movements that pursued the same goal. Insurgents fighting against the Centralist Republic of Mexico sought to establish the Republic of the Rio Grande as an independent nation in Northern Mexico. The rebellion lasted from 17 January to 6 November 1840.